Funeral services for Mrs. Erma Jean Bell will be conducted at 10:00 am on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 from the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Don Cook officiating. Interment will follow in the Old White Plains Cemetery under the direction of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest.
Visitation will be on from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at the funeral home and on Wednesday from 9:00 am – 9:45 am prior to the funeral service.
Erma Jean Bell was born in Neshoba County on April 22, 1934 to her parents: Ulvetus and Linnie Shaw Comans and passed away at the Baptist Medical Center - Leake in Carthage on July 31, 2017 at the age of 83.
Taking care of her family was top priority, as she was a simple and selfless woman with a strong faith in God. She was a homemaker and a member of the Cross Roads Church of God at Sebastopol.
She is preceded in death by her husband: Joe Raymond Bell; one son: Junior Bell; her parents: Ulvetus and Linne Shaw Comans; and one sister: Pauline Comans.
Survivors include six children: Joe (Dianne) Bell of Conehatta; Jacqueline Maxey of Conehatta; Jerrelene (Martann) Foy of Philadelphia; Jerry (Christina) Bell of Walnut Grove; Jess (Barbara) Bell of Union; and Judy (Mike) Springer of Conehatta; and a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers will be Wayne Griffin, Derick Wilcher, Richie Williams, Robbie James, James Shelley, Curt Maxey, Bryant Maxey, and Joe Foy.